The featured speaker of REPI's Annual Fall Luncheonwas Russell C. Albanese, President of the Albanese Organization, Inc. a real estate development, investment and management company based in Garden City. Mr. Albanese’s talk was entitled “Dollars and Cents: the Value of Green Development.”

        Daniel J. Gulizio also addressed attendees about “Introduction to Planning”, the course he teaches on behalf of REPI that analyzes the evolving pattern of development in the United States and the Region and provides a historical perspective on the origin and value of planning and the planning profession. Students examine alternative theories of planning and the changing role of the planner in policy-making and the manner in which the various levels of government influence development patterns.